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Meyerhoff, Hauke S.; Grinschgl, Sandra; Papenmeier, Frank; Gilbert, Sam J. – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2021
The cognitive load of many everyday life tasks exceeds known limitations of short-term memory. One strategy to compensate for information overload is cognitive offloading which refers to the externalization of cognitive processes such as reminder setting instead of memorizing. There appears to be remarkable variance in offloading behavior between…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Task Analysis, Reliability, Short Term Memory
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Christiner, Markus; Rüdegger, Stefanie; Reiterer, Susanne Maria – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2018
Musical expertise and working memory (WM) have been isolated as being the most important predictors of phonetic aptitude -- meaning the ability to imitate unfamiliar speech material. Although the link between language functions and musical expertise has been subject to many investigations, specific languages and their individual link to musical…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Individual Differences, Music, Expertise